SpaceX successfully launched its Starship megarocket Thursday on an uncrewed test flight to orbit and back, achieving several key milestones for the first time.
The nearly 400-foot rocket is the most powerful booster ever developed and SpaceX aims to make the system fully reusable.
It is being designed to carry out missions to the moon and eventually Mars. Starship is expected to play an important part in NASA’s return-to-the-moon program: The agency selected it to carry astronauts to the lunar surface on its Artemis III mission, which could launch in 2026.
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